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Runners of all ages and levels are invited to make good on their New Year resolutions by taking part in the annual Gallagher Ferrycarrig 5 road race which takes place on Sunday, January 14. As the title suggests, this is a five mile road race and it gets under way at 12 p.m. at Wexford FC’s grounds.
Angling clubs, groups and associations across Co Wexford are being invited to apply for the Inland Fisheries Ireland Sponsorship Programme for 2024. The programme is one of the main funding mechanisms used by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) to promote sustainable angling in Ireland.
As many as 50 Wexford schoolchildren are facing the prospect of having no bus to bring them to school next Monday after Bus Éireann announced their service had been temporarily cancelled.
A Christmas decoration made using a soap bottle, a foil tray, an old ping pong ball and some milk cartons has won Best Christmas Decoration at an annual Wexford County Council (WCC) competition. Created by Niamh O’Connor from St Fintan’s National School in Taghmon, the winning decoration, entitled The White Angel, was chosen out of 171 entries at an awards ceremony presided over by cathaoirleach of WCC Councillor John Fleming. The runner-up, Christmas is Magic, was created by Shona Larkin, first class, Mercy School, John’s Road, Wexford.
A Curracloe business-owner is pleading with Wexford County Council (WCC) to address a maintenance issue which is causing his premises to repeatedly flood whenever the county experiences heavy rain. In October of last year, Brendan Moore, who runs a funfair business out of the family home, saw much of his stock damaged by water following a severe flooding event which left the ground floor of the house submerged and came within inches of destroying his entire workshop.